Monday, September 22, 2008

politicians & whorehouses

"It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather."--Harry Truman.

When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was substantially a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the president, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale." Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."

We now see that the Clintons and other past presidents, have found a new level of success in cashing in on the presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale.

I think good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for one, believe the piano player job to be much more honorable than current politicians."

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"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [i.e., securing inherent and inalienable rights, with powers derived from the consent of the governed], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness."

"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? . . . " --Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787. ME 6:373, Papers 12:356

Who's Legitimate? Who Cares? We Should.

Born in the USA! Or not. Who cares? He's the "prez," ensconced in our White House. Commander-in-Chief? Title conferred on him by popular electoral acclamation cum ACORN voter fraud.

But a "natural born citizen?" Hardly. Derided as "birthers," "tea-baggers," and "crazies," those who question his legitimacy do have a point.

from The American Thinker:

Barack H. Obama is the logical outcome of racial socialism. You can see it in his words and actions, and his very physical stance, all signaling his sense of superiority, the flip-side of feelings of inferiority he is reacting against. Obama's core support came from the Leftist alliance of grievance groups in spite of his total lack of relevant experience. Obama is objectively the least qualified person to be elected to the presidency. But the media could not say that, because it would have been non-P.C. to tell the truth.
--James LewisWhat Does 'Racial Socialism' Sound Like to You?Thanks to Never Yet Melted

Did the Arabs and Persians Discover their Oil?

We discovered the oil that they are selling us and controlling us with.

Not only the Saudis, but wherever oil was found under Moslem lands, WE made that possible. Surprised?

Well, the "oil-producing nations" nations have done a good job of making us believe that they explored, discovered and are producing the oil that they use as a club over our head.

We explored for it, discovered it, developed it, produced it, marketed it.

Today, they can produce and market it by themselves, but had we not paid for the initial exploration and development, they would be as they were before OIL: nomads, roaming over sterile sand.

Terror Friendly Group - CAIR - Demands Government Censorship

The Saudis want us to learn what is Islam

and we know where most of those who did this came from: Saudi Arabia http://islamicdanger4u.blogspot.com/2008/01/sick-of-sowdis-so-are-we-sick-of-saudi.html

From "LEAVING NORMAL"

I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything.I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster. In fact, if your parents are footing the bill to put your pansy ass through 4 years plus of college, you haven't begun to be enlightened.

I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson practices, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution.Can I get an AMEN on that one?